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CVE-2021-38509 Details

Description

Due to an unusual sequence of attacker-controlled events, a Javascript alert() dialog with arbitrary (although unstyled) contents could be displayed over top an uncontrolled webpage of the attacker's choosing. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1718571 CVEIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-1021Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
< 94.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox esr
< 91.3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird
< 91.3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0
10.0
11.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-38509
NVD Published Date:
Dec 8, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-38509 Details - Not Deferred